Jami Attenberg Quotes

In the past, I was sometimes put in this women's lit category, and I was never really sure that was the appropriate place for me - although I certainly recognize it can be helpful and correct for other people.

Jami Attenberg

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WomenPastPeopleMePlaceNever

I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.

Jill Abramson

MyselfIdeasStorySomeoneSeeWho

You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes.

Andrew Mitchell

WaterPeopleYouSeeOutLevel

You cannot help but notice that schools that take music seriously tend to be more academically successful.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

MusicHelpYouSeriouslyMoreTake

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.

Meghan O'Rourke

LifeKnowledgeHistoryUnderstanding

I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.

Anna Akhmatova

MemoryProudThreeLineIronHere

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

Tony Blair

Do The Right ThingWinBetterLose

When I heard Martin Luther King's speech, 'I Have a Dream,' I reflected on the fact that much of the success of that movement was driven by the unity of the church.

Tony Evans

SuccessKingUnityChurchSpeech

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

Tom T. Hall

TimeFirst TimeFirstWorkingIdea

Everything is autobiographical, and nothing is autobiographical. That's fiction.

Lisa Unger

NothingEverythingFiction

He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.

Jared Leto

StrengthSimpleSituationPersonWho

As long as you tell the best story possible, you can trust that people will be able to connect to it.

Dee Rees

TrustBestPeopleStoryLongYou

Yes, Obama took over two wars from Bush - just as President Richard Nixon inherited Vietnam from President Lyndon Johnson and President Dwight Eisenhower inherited Korea from President Harry Truman. But at least the war in Iraq was all but won by 2009, thanks largely to the very surge Obama had opposed as a senator.

Bret Stephens

WarPresidentTwoOverThanksYes

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